The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c11.2

c11.2

We have, at first, summarised the data of classical Āyurveda as it is found in the form of already constituted classical doctrines in the schools of Caraka and Suśruta. We have thereafter analysed the medical notions found in the Vedic saṃhitās. We should now try to have a short estimate of these Vedic notions. We can, at the same time, seek to determine the exact position of the Āyurveda in relation to the Veda.